military saying quote i'm convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown. we must not repeal the trav i of the inequities present during vietnam. i fear having a professional army that views the per pet was of war crimes as simply doing its job. the incident for which kerry was award the silver star came into question. he was given the star because during a firefight he shot an enemy fight more was armed with a rocket launcher. but a group called swift boat vets for truth claimed kerry shot a vietnam teenager who was not part of a superior force. in 2006 kerry made this statement to a group of college students in southern california. >> we are here to talk about education but i want to say something. education -- if you make it most it and study hard and do your homework and make an effort to be smart, you can do well. if you don't you get stuck in iraq. >> reporter: the criticism to that was loud and it was often. john considery said he botched that joke, he did not mean to be critical of the soldiers serving in iraq. he meant that to be aimed at presiden